Heh. Hell, I should do it myself. Judging by the amazing frequency with which one hears those stupid ads on the radio for "naming a star" (to be "recorded in book form in the US copyright office" -- whoopie), I might make a bundle.
Put out cheap ads for naming Mars rocks
Wait for money to pour in
Print them out, sending a copy to no one in particular, care of said copyright office
I assume you're referring to "taking His name in vain". A long time ago, I saw one of those televangelists that were so popular there for awhile (I guess this would be the early '90s or so), who seemed out of place with all those other televangelist guys. He talked about how there was in fact no heaven nor hell, and other interesting stances. One of them, getting to the point, was that "taking His name" referred not to saying God or Jehova or whatever in a frivolous or other manner, but rather claiming to represent God or interpret God's wants or whatever without actually doing it correctly -- false preaching = "taking His name in vain".
As a secular humanist, I found it an interesting interpretation.
Geezus... Formatting the video. Encoding it into something a DVD player recognizes. You savvy?
Seems to me that's something you only need to figure out (meaning not how to make the transformation, but how to use the program that performs the transformation for you) once. After that, you just do the same steps again. Not difficult.
Or perhaps they place a greater value on their freedom.
That's another wacky concept. As if anything to do with DVRs is some sort of major blow for freedom against the Man, as the rag tag rebel fleet yada yada yada. It's histrionics, Atario. Nothing but sound and fury.
Yeah. Ok. How about this: I sell you something, then tell you how and when you can and cannot use it, when and to whom you can and cannot sell it, and the punishments involved in violating any of my rules. I continue to do this to you for all eternity. I do this first with more insubstantial things -- video content, music. Later, more concrete things -- the hardware that this content plays on. Then more far-flung objects: consumer electronics generally; consumer products generally. Then the utilities all your other activities depend on: electricity, gas, the very water you drink. (Think it can't happen? It has. Check out The Corporation.)
You don't mind? It's all meaningless? Then you deserve whatever corporate big-brotherist hell you wind up in.
My thesis is that urban populations are raised more dependent on government services.
How about the fact that they are forced to get along in close proximity to many others who are very different? And therefore realize the need to get along with others in the world generally? Rather than claiming that thier way of living is the only way, and other ideas must be borne of eeeevil?
I used to work under a project manager who had been infected with this disease. She had a mental filter installed that did a search and replace from "problem" to "challenge". *Every* *time*. I even once caught her correcting herself out loud during a meeting: "...talk about this pro-- challenge...". Normally i wouldn't bother to take exception to this, but she was quite an earnest type, so I couldn't figure it out. After several weeks of this, I had a conversation that went something like this (not in front of anyone, of course):
Me: Don't you feel like a phony? Talking like that?
Her [Taken aback]: What?
Me: Always saying "challenge" when you mean "problem".
Her [Slightly defensive]: No...?
Me [Shrugging]: All right...
Her: It's not...well...a problem is...I...
Me: It's ok. Never mind. [Walks away]
She was a bit preoccupied for the rest of the day.
Five years ago when Napster was getting sued, everyone on Slashdot--editors included--rallied behind the idea that they should lay off the companies providing the apps and going after the individual infringers, because that was fair and logical. I think nobody expected they'd actually do that. And now they are, and so the rallying cry has changed.
What makes you think the same people who said "sue the infringers" are the same people who are saying "suing infringers is evil"? Is Slashdot one big person somewhere?
"I was watching the Superbowl with my 92 year old grandfather. The team scored a touchdown. They showed the instant replay. He thought they scored another one. I was gonna tell him, but I figured the game he was watching was better."
...and that it was possible to mod you up to +6. You hit the nail on the head, when everyone else here seems to be thinking along the "government gives people stuff"/"government keeps out of everything" axis.
It's a crime that that series (and the original Connections) are more or less unavaliable. They're only sold by some tiny educational-video distributor that charges absurd prices for them. And last time I saw them on TV, Discovery Science had chopped them all up for running time.
* Amusing description of the disease "Hysteria", a catch-all disease for women.
That's one of those early diagnoses that sound ridiculous to the modern ear, like "nostalgia" and "lunacy". From the Wikipedia article about hysteria:
The term originates with the Greek medical term, hysterikos. This referred to a supposed medical condition, peculiar to women, caused by disturbances of the uterus, hystera in Greek. The term hysteria was coined by Hippocrates, who thought that the cause of hysteria was irregular movement of blood from the uterus to the brain.
The same general definition came into widespread use in the late 1800s to describe what is today generally considered to be sexual dissatisfaction. "Treatment" typically consisted of the use of vibrators or water sprays to cause orgasm.
I once read that the "condition" was common among nuns, and that they needed regular "treatment".
Unfortunately, advances in tiny lens quality will be undone by advances in CCD chip size (which is to say, shrinking). A lot of digital cameras are already deficient because of the tiny size of the sensor.
Wow. I really thought "seriously, though, folks" was hitting people over the head with a big club labeled "THIS IS A JOKE, LAUGH HA HA". Too unsubtle. I see I was wrong. "Twit."
As for where the period goes, I stand by my internal style guide. The period is not part of the phrase I was giving, and hence not inside the quotes. This comes from a programmer's sensibility, because, well, this is a nerd site and all, and I am one. Programmer, I mean. Nerd, too, I suppose.
Anyway, if you were trolling me by simulating thickness of skull, hey, you win. Congratulations.
Slashdot Mirror
See Psychopathy.
LimeWire Usage Drops Precipitously
* "Future" = two weeks after this is implemented
No question marks there...
To name rocks, I mean? Ones that are smaller than, say, a city block?
Are people just bored or what?
To paraphrase someone in an earlier thread:
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As a secular humanist, I found it an interesting interpretation.
You don't mind? It's all meaningless? Then you deserve whatever corporate big-brotherist hell you wind up in.
The rest of us, not so much.
For further reading, check this out:
http://www.urbanarchipelago.com/
She was a bit preoccupied for the rest of the day.
You won't have to redo anything when the time comes that there is a benefit.
What makes you think the same people who said "sue the infringers" are the same people who are saying "suing infringers is evil"? Is Slashdot one big person somewhere?
"I was watching the Superbowl with my 92 year old grandfather. The team scored a touchdown. They showed the instant replay. He thought they scored another one. I was gonna tell him, but I figured the game he was watching was better."
--Steven Wright
...and that it was possible to mod you up to +6. You hit the nail on the head, when everyone else here seems to be thinking along the "government gives people stuff"/"government keeps out of everything" axis.
It's a crime that that series (and the original Connections) are more or less unavaliable. They're only sold by some tiny educational-video distributor that charges absurd prices for them. And last time I saw them on TV, Discovery Science had chopped them all up for running time.
Unfortunately, advances in tiny lens quality will be undone by advances in CCD chip size (which is to say, shrinking). A lot of digital cameras are already deficient because of the tiny size of the sensor.
/ h tm
Further reading:
http://www.photo.net/equipment/digital/sensorsize
http://www.digicaminfo.btinternet.co.uk/sensors1.
Bigger is better when it comes to CCDs.
And that's to say nothing of the limitations imposed by a small aperture.
Maybe they can also detail his ketone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohmann_transferh oth ighwayc s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_slings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Super
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Astrodynami
Too bad we don't still use DOS. You could clean up with command.com.
Wow. I really thought "seriously, though, folks" was hitting people over the head with a big club labeled "THIS IS A JOKE, LAUGH HA HA". Too unsubtle. I see I was wrong. "Twit."
As for where the period goes, I stand by my internal style guide. The period is not part of the phrase I was giving, and hence not inside the quotes. This comes from a programmer's sensibility, because, well, this is a nerd site and all, and I am one. Programmer, I mean. Nerd, too, I suppose.
Anyway, if you were trolling me by simulating thickness of skull, hey, you win. Congratulations.
I'm sure I'd just use Proxomitron like I do now.
Thanks. But stop calling me Clicky.